Zahra Ebrahim: Messy Cities
Come hear renowned urbanist Zahra Ebrahim discuss her new co-edited book Messy Cities. She will appear in conversation with urban affairs reporter Frances Bula
Date/Time: Oct 14 2025, 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Vancouver, Vancouver Public Library, Central Library350 W Georgia St
P: (604) 331-3603
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Does everything in a city need to be perfectly planned? Or can spontaneous solutions help cities thrive?
Zahra Ebrahim is a public interest designer and strategist, whose work has focused on community-led approaches to policy, infrastructure, and service design. She is the co-founder of Monumental. Previously, she built and led Doblin Canada, Deloitte’s Human-Centred Design practice. Zahra has taught at OCADU, MoMA, and is currently an Urbanist-in-Residence at the University of Toronto’s School of Cities. She has been recognized as a Next City Vanguard Civic Leader, Ascend Canada’s Mentor of the Year, one of “Tomorrow’s Titans” in Toronto Life magazine, one of WXN’s Top 100 Women in Canadian Business, and most recently recognized as one of the Urban Land Institute’s WLI Champions. Zahra is currently a Board member of the Toronto Arts Council, the Canadian Urban Institute, and Board Chair for Park People.
Frances Bula reports on urban affairs for The Globe and Mail. She has written about urban issues and city politics in B.C.’s Vancouver region, covering everything from Downtown Eastside drug addiction to billion-dollar development projects, since 1994.
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